Los Angeles Art

I love the street art that inhabits the walls in Los Angeles. I take artist trips around the city and capture the murals on my iPhone & iPad. Here they live forever, or at least until the zombie appocalypse occurs.

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Long Island City Says Goodbye to 5 Pointz

To view more photos and videos of 5 Pointz both before and after the whitewashing, be sure to visit the 5 Pointz location page.

For over 20 years, the 5 Pointz building in Long Island City, Queens, has been a hub for street artists from around the world to showcase their work. Many Instagrammers in New York have visited 5 Points to document the dynamic, vibrant graffiti on its exterior.

The building is privately owned by Long Island developer Jerry Wolkoff who has plans to raze 5 Pointz at the end of this year. Early Tuesday morning, the structure’s artwork was quietly painted over with white paint. In the wake of this news, locals and visitors alike are documenting the changes that herald the building’s final days.

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Damn shame when art gets destroyed like this.

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final installation of the birds murals off Fountain and Gower heading West on Fountain just past the blue phone mural I have already highlighted. I could see putting some effort into this for a final exhibit on street artists.

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a few more . . . again this is off Fountain heading West just pass Gower.

Love the detail. Native species of birds in LA

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some close ups of the birds shown earlier in a post. Look at the detail!! just exquisite. How can I meet this person? anyone have any tips on finding an artist who does this?

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the last posts I will make about this installation or mural. Love the last picture of what appears to be a woman with many arrows. Is that called a quill?

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Sometimes the art is just spectacular. I can't imagine this being done any other way than freehand but it just looks so amazing. I want to meet artists that can accomplish this. You know there is respect here because I didn't see any tags over the original art and in this world of "Street Artists" not getting tagged over speaks volumes. This is right around the corner from the phone murals. Fountain and Gower heading West is the nearest intersection I can think of but if you've taken Fountain (and whom in LA hasn't) then you've seen these. 

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In an alley off Melrose between La Brea and Fairfax . . this mural stretches an entire wall, about 30-40 feet and I have already posted many pics from it. This is the center piece. Unfortunately, there are tags over certain spots on this piece but not on this part which tells me others understand this is the main focus of the overall installation. Great work!

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part of a gigantically awesome mural somewhere in an alley on Melrose Ave. between La Brea and Fairfax. The post above this one is the main subject. Crazy talented!!

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On a walk to the Atoms for Peace show and these pics went by me. This is up Cahuenga to then a detour on to Ivar and up through Jack in the Box and to Hollywood Blvd. For those of you not in LA, Out of the Closet is a clothing store but it was Elvira, Mistress of the Night (dark?) that got that pic in here. 

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just a mirror selfie during the Melrose photo shoot.

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Melrose alley way between La Brea and Fairfax . . . the above one is rad for sure. Posted it on my main tumblr but can't re-post it here with out reloading it and all that so here it is. Added a second one that I think looks like the same artist but I didn't think to get the tagged name in the shots. #duh

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next to ACME Comedy Club on La Brea in Hollywood

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painting at the Loew's Hotel at the Hollywood Highland complex . .

Ms. Monroe

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off Fountain and Kingsley (?) love this one for the halo of sun around it.

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Melrose Ave. between La Brea and Fairfax in the alley and such.

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Taken at a friend's art show in the LA Art District.